On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:47:40 +0000, Kat
wrote:


The information is clear "...customers using prepay must touch in and
out..." But, I'm led to beleive on here, incorrect :-)

No, that information is absolutely correct; what seems to be confusing
some people is the idea that they don't need to do the same if they have
period tickets on Oyster. It is in *that* way that some of the publicity
has been misleading. Everyone with an Oyster (except Freedom Passes and
Staff Passes) now also have Pre Pay enabled whether they like it or not
and whether they use it or not.

But the announcements say, "if you are using prepay". If I am using
the season ticket part of my Oyster then I am not using prepay. - I
can only be using one part or the other at any one time. If I don't
go out of zone then I would never use the prepay part (until my season
expires)

I've noticed that *some* of the signs now don't mention prepay.

How did this situation arise? Were the people who arranged the
signs/announcements unclear how the system worked, or has the
implementation changed since these decisions were made?